COMMENT: JANICE DICKINSON AT G-A-Y

Janice Dickenson appeared at G-A-Y last week. Why? Christ knows. She’s probably got something to promote. America’s next gay top midget model on ice or something. Only Jeremy Joseph knows why he would put such a vile, vulgar, self-centred, deeply disturbed individual up for adoration to...

February 24th, 2010 | Comment | Read More

COMMENT: FAITH SCHOOLS AND HOMOPHOBIA

This week, the Children, Schools and Families Bill got passed through the House of Commons. The gist of it is that schools are legally forbidden to promote homophobia. It also means that schools must teach pupils about the importance of civil partnerships and contraception in sex and relationship education...

February 24th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

COMMENT: PRIDE, GLF AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Spring is beginning to dawn and before we know it summer will be upon us. And of course with summer comes the biggest gay party of the year – Gay Pride. And this year it is something we need to plan for well in advance. Some may think that this is all rather premature, but this year’s festival is...

February 22nd, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

MR GAY WORLDWIDE 2010

Beauty contests. I just wanna save the world and share the love, that’s the most important thing. And my tanlines. And possibly the disco. And the winnings. Well who wouldn’t. We would if we could. Be bothered. Anyway, here’s some highlights of Mr Gay Beauty Contest Worldwide or...

February 17th, 2010 | Comment, International | Read More

HAPPY LGBT HISTORY MONTH?

What use is gay history to us today? In an age when homosexuals enjoy greater rights and freedoms than ever before, isn’t the past rather irrelevant? Isn’t it all a bit of a waste of time? This was certainly not the view of the audience gathered at The British Library last Tuesday as presenter and...

February 15th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

THE CORPORATISATION OF SYDNEY MARDI GRAS

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has lost its political and activist roots, preferring alliances with corporations rather than community. And the queer media is no better, writes Peter Hackney. The modern queer rights movement was born on June 28, 1969 in New York City. That night, NYC queers endured...

February 14th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

COMMENT: GAYS IN THE US ARMY

My name is Michael Anthony, I am an Iraq war veteran and having spent six years in the Army, at the age of twenty-three, I have spent more than a quarter of my life in service to this country. I have four older brothers and an older sister, all of whom have been in the military: Air Force, Marines and...

February 12th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

STEPHEN FRY ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

This has been going around the net for days now, but if you missed it, here it is. Cup of tea, slice of cake. It’s a long one, but worth it. Here’s the highlights: Full video here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbvr0m_the-intelligence²-debate-stephen-fr_shortfilms

February 11th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

Can gay footballers come out?

He dreaded going to work with his colleagues. By the time he got into training, he was so nervous he felt sick. “I was like a bullied kid on his way to school to face his tormentors,” wrote Graeme Le Saux, the former England and Chelsea defender, in his autobiography. For 14 years, Le Saux...

February 10th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More

GBFs, camp and the real gay reality

Walk past Cambridge Circus any Friday or Saturday evening and the sight will be the same: hoards of usually scantily glad straight women clinging on to their men as they prepare to be intoxicated by the spectacle that is Priscilla Queen of the Desert. The scene inside is no less horrifying. Half of...

February 8th, 2010 | Comment, Highlights | Read More